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24 Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David[a] named him Solomon. The Lord loved the child 25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the Lord”), as the Lord had commanded.[b]

David Captures Rabbah

26 Meanwhile, Joab was fighting against Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and he captured the royal fortifications.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:24 Hebrew he; an alternate Hebrew reading and some Hebrew manuscripts read she.
  2. 12:25 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads because of the Lord.
  3. 12:26 Or the royal city.

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